Bread-cutter.



H.'N. ATKISSON.

BREAD CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23,1$15.

1,175,675 Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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BREAD CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23.1915.

Patented Mar. 14, 19145.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. time.

Application filed April 23, 1915. Serial No. 23,465.

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' One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a simpleand eflicient machine of this type wherein slicers of even thickness maybe severed from the loaf and wherein after'each slice is cut the loaf isautomatically fed forward a predetermined distance in position for thecutting of the next slice.

Further objects of the invention Wlll appear as the following specificdescriptionis read in connection with the accompanying I drawings whichform a part of this application and in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is an end elevation showingthe parts in one position in dotted lines; d is a horizontal sectiontaken on the line +l4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectiontaken on the line 55 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section.

Referring more particularly to the drawingsfl represents an elongatedbase having a centrally positioned longitudinalgroove 2 formed thereinfor a purpose to be hereinafterdescribed. Secured to the side edges ofthebase are the side members 3 which have secured thereto the retainingstrips 4! separated from the base to produce lateral grooves 5 in whichthe loaf carrier 6 1s adapted to slide. This carrier rests upon the base1, and has its sideedges engaged within the grooves 5 and is normallyactuated in one direction by a spiral spring-7 the frontend of the sides3 are a pair of uprights 10 connected together at their upper ends by ayoke member 11 and providedwith vertical slots 12 in which the knifeblade 13 is reciprocally mounted. This knife blade is provided at oneend with any suitable type of handle 14 and at its oppositeend .ispivotally and slidably connected to the lever 15 pivoted in bearings 16carried by the adjacent upright 10. This lever comprises a yoke shapedhead, which is pivoted in the bearing 16 and extending outwardly fromeach end of the head are a pair of separated longitudinally slotted legs17 between which the knife blade 18 is adapted to travel, a bolt 19passing through the knife blade and through the slots in legs 17 wherebythe lever will be actuated upon the reciprocation of the blade 13.Connected to the outer end of the legs 17 is a connecting rod or bar 20which is jointed at its opposite end to a cut-0d plate or shutter 21pivoted at one end to one of the up-rights and having its free endguided by a finger 22 secured to the opposite up-right and spacedtherefrom.

In order to hold the loaf against the base of the carrier 6 there isadjustably secured to the rip-rights by means of the set screws 23, ayoke member 24 adapted to bear upon the upper face of the loaf as willbe readily understood. 7

The lateral end of the connecting rod 20 is passed through the legs 18and is threaded to receive an adjusting screw 25 arranged todraw theconnecting rod toward the upright so that the cut-off plate 21 may bealways held in proper relation with the uprights and with the knife andso that it will properly enter the space between the finger 22 and theuprights. As shown the upper end of the finger 22 is preferably beveledto insure the proper entrance of the cut-0d plate into the space.

In the operation of the device the carrier 6 is drawn rearwardly asufficient distance to permit of the loaf being placed between theabutment 8 and the cut-ofi' plate 21 and end of the loaf. When the lever16 is in horizontal position the knife blade may be drawn back and forthwithout appreciably effecting the position of the cut-off plate. Whenthe knife is drawn toward the operator to its full extent and raised outof the kerf just made in the loaf the cut-off plate will be lowered intoposition. -The blade,

Y of course, being extended with the bolt 19,

engaging the'cuter wall of the slots in the legs 18, both ends of theblade are-then simultaneously elevated, the knife then being drawntoward the operator is released from the loaf permitting it .to advanceunder the'action of the spring 7. However,

, after the knife is drawn toward the operator the cut ofi' pla te willbe moveddownwardly'entering between the severed slice and the end of thelc-af and stopping the movement of the loaf, thus placing the sameintoposition where upon the next operation of the knife a similar slice willbe severed from the loaf.

What is claimed is i 1. A bread slicing machine comprising a base, aknife mounted for reciprocation slotted-lever fitted to the base, a boltpassing through the end of the knife and through the slots in saidlever, a cut-off? plate pivoted to one of the uprights, a fingercooperating with one side of the remaining upright for guiding the upperend of the cut-off plate and a link pivotally connecting 1 the cut-offplate and the lever together'.

In testimony whereof I aflix my" signature in presence of two witnesses.i

HUGH N. ATKISSON.

Witnesses:

J. FLOYD ELLISON, CECIL H. CHRI'STIAN.

